Treasure Trove of Pulp Fiction "Africans" and "Mexicans"

more here:

http://www.magazineart.org/

Hanna-Barbera's LAUREL AND HARDY (and a Mexican Bandit, por supuesto)! And, a cartoon of the duo en español...

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if anyone knows the episode this
is from, zap me a note at memo@sdsu.edu  
gracias!

Be a Bandit Hoodie!

Thanks to the grand Poobah of Chicana/o Studies at CSU Fullerton, Alexandro Gradilla, for sending me this stereotype-laden hoodie from Dillards.com!

Valiant Bandit "Mexicans," Revisited......

art: Jim Steranko

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"Mexican" "Gaucho" "Spanish", What-have-you, Bandit!, circa 1932

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From Bandit to Narco: The Evolution of a Trope

Decimated by layoffs like every other major newspaper, The LA Times is still providing comprehensive coverage of the violence currently churning the zeitgeist of Mexico--for more, hit the graphic below:

Every Theory in "Tex[t]-Mex: Seductive Hallucinations of the 'Mexican' in America" Proved Right!

Yikes! Source here. More on the genre of 1970s-era pulp classic mags here.

The Frito Bandito, Pencil Erasers, Memory

Is it possible for the bandit trope of the Mexican to be innocuous? Perhaps, but always already* simultaneous with this notion of innocence lurks the spectre of a 'darker' past, a swarthier potentiality. That said, I will pass on my Ethnic Studies instincts and share this YouTube video of a Frito-Lay corporation Frito Bandito television ad from the 60s out of sheer nostalgia--me and my sister Josie used to fight over the prizes in cereal boxes and here, tortilla chip 6-packs. The only thing sinister in this commercial is the memory of hermanita getting to the box first!




*Gracias Derrida!